Great stuff, @charles1! I'm convinced that all these applications will come. There are infinite possibilities to scale the idea of Steem/Steemit. Another example is the decentralized video hosting which has been perfectly picked up by @furion launching Viewly.
I'm totally sure that we're going to pay with a Steem Card one day. It's a logial consequence of the ongoing progress.
All these exchange platforms have a lot of vulnerability issues. It doesn't only happen to Poloniex. Last week Bittrex had frozen all BTC withdrawals and deposits for a couple of days. It feels horrible if you can't access your own money.
Plus the payment sector is promising for another reason: affilliate business.
Exciiiiiiting times to come! :)
Resteemed
Thanks a lot for the resteem . Good comment indeed. I think that the future of the steem ecosystem is bright and my intention for writing this post plus my former post about getting our own trading platform is to at least start the discussion and if ok, then the conceptualization phase-this is how innovative companies do business. It can even be via JV , partnership or M&A. thanks for all your support my surfing buddy..one day,we gonna swim with the sharks (together? hmmmmmm)